The act of shooting the elephant is a culmination of the officer’s ignorance of what he knows should be done. Firstly‚ the officer rationally decides that he should not shoot the elephant because “it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery” (Orwell par. 6). He also decides that the elephant “is no more dangerous than a cow” (par. 6). Secondly‚ the officer knew that shooting the elephant was morally wrong. He personified the elephant
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The shootings in Newtown‚ CT showed a great form of mass hysteria in all of America back n December. The shootings involved a older man who killed many kids in Sandy Hook Elementary School. This has caused much debate on both school security‚ and gun laws if guns can be easily bought and registered under a man’s name. This brought much scare and sadness to all of America to think that a man walked into an elementary school and shot faculty and students. Many people started panicking about this event
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people on campus and wounded plenty more before he took his own life. This particular shooting was the most deadly school shooting in the history of the united states. Seung Hui Cho had viewed himself as the victim. He was a South Korean who moved to the United States at the age of 8. Seung Hui Cho had a clear history of mental disorders and relationship problems during his time in the States. Also before the shooting Seung Hui Cho had been accused of stalking a fellow female school mates. Studies of
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also injured a 6-year-old little boy in a shooting at an elementary school. Prosecutors have taken action to have the case moved to the Court of General Sessions where the 14-year- old can be tried as an adult. His charges include murder and others. The teenage boy murdered his father while he was watching television within their home. The teenager then took the car and went to the elementary school. He was carrying a handgun at the time and began shooting‚ ultimately wounding two boys and a teacher
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Readers Response to George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant The first time I found myself reading the short story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell was during my senior year of high school. As an animal lover‚ the title was as intriguing as it was unappealing. Why would you want to shoot an elephant? That question is one that the character‚ the author himself‚ asks throughout the story as it’s told. It starts by introducing himself as a white sub-divisional police officer serving in Moulmein
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George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant‚” is set in Burma during the British rule. The narrator is a white policeman who is forced to shoot an elephant that has gone rogue and is destroying crops and buildings and has killed one person. He gathers his guns and sets off in the direction of the rogue elephant and his following of natives increases as he gets closer to the elephant. The elephant’s owner is not in town so he is forced to make a decision about shooting the elephant. The narrator
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day 2015‚ Valanesha Washington was sitting in her bedroom not knowing that will be the last place she be seen alive‚ was killed in a drive by shooting in her own home. She was taken to OU medical center where she later died she was only 19 years old. Two days’ later police got a tip on the shooting‚ 18-year-old Daryan Jones was responsible for the shooting that cause Valanesha’s death. Daryan Jones was charged with first degree murder and can serve up to 20 years to life in prison. In the past year
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enforcement shooting. We will be looking at what goes through an officer’s mind before and after an officer involved shooting‚ the public’s opinion of the shooting‚ are they ethical and what happens during and after the investigation of the shooting. We will also look into have there been more police involved shootings in the past year or are we just more aware of the shootings due to the coverage of the shootings by the media.There have been a number of police officer involved shooting of suspects
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School shootings in general are tragic‚ because they often affect innocent victims and almost always could have been prevented. In the given scenario Harless actions are in fact unstoppable‚ but the actions of the faculty are quite the opposite. The school went about the situation completely wrong. Instead of confronting the students once notified they are possibly in possession of a firearm‚ they should have notified law enforcement‚ worked to secure the area then isolate Harless and McCoy. In this
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